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In the car seat in the back of Mom and Dad's 63 Chevy 327/250 4 speed. Well, there was that one time I was driving (and apparently speed shifting) and pulled it into neutral...down the driveway I went (backwards) with the drivers door open. The tree helped to stop me and wedged the car into the wall. New driver door, rear bumper and some quarter panel work. Dad was out of town and I kept telling Mom to get it fixed before Dad comes home. My first driving experience at about the age of 4.

Then into their 68 Malibu 327/325 4 speed bench seat. Never had the chance to drive this one (lol).

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I was 27 in 1965, and had been watching the Pontiac spec sheets long enough to realize that if it had an automatic transmission, it had 10:1 compression, and even the 2bbl got a decent cam, so I bougtht a '56 Chieftan 2 dr. HT and swapped a '58 (370 c.i.) 2bbl motor into it. I paid $100 for the car and $75 for the motor, traded some parts for a 4bbl manifold and carb, and swapped the 3.08 third member for a 3.90 I had lying around from an earlier Olds project....

Took it to the strip, where it ran 90mph.... total investment, $175.00.

Try that today... LOL!

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1965 chevy impala.
327/250

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Lots of great cars-------Jimmy, Love those 66 Biscayne and Belair 2dr post cars. Had a 66 Biscayne 427 4 spd. for a short time in 69. See any solid ones laying around down your way let me know.---- Sammy , I can see you bangin that 57 but a HONDA ! :-) -----I see Ed's What are you driving now thread is catching up to this Old fart one. Hmmmm what does that tell you. Got to go eat my oatmeal and take some pills.-------Danny

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Yeah, but they were camo.

JimR

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A split widow 340 HP!

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Didn't get my license till 71, but in the late 60's I rode around my Mom's family's farm which was across the road from my family's house in a Model A cut down. That is a radiator, cowl, and driveline from a Model A , with a wood box bolted to the frame to sit on and just frame rails and rearend behind you. Basically take the hood ,fenders and back off a car and you have it. It was a blast, 100 acres of fields and dirt roads to drive on, drift around, and yes that is how i learned to power shift. Got drain oil from the local garage to keep it full of oil.

When I hit the road in 71, 64 Ranchero 6/auto. After a few months,bought a wrecked 65 falcon 289/4speed, put the entire drivetrain, front spindles, everything under the ranchero and man I was livin' large.

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In the mid-'60's ?

My '66 Grand Prix mini-bike .... still have it today, raised myself and 3 sons on it. I got bored a couple of years ago and decided to modify it.... still ride it almost daily

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I was driving for Saint Peter in the 60s.. hopefully I get the job back in 60 years or so.

But if I was alive during the 60s I would have wanted a Chevy II, even though I'm a Ford guy I think they are my favorite body style ever.

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I wasn't alive in the 60's either, but in the late 60's my Mom and Dad were riding around in a white '62 Corvette. This photo from about 1969 shows the Vette with my Grandparents' '65 Dodge which is still in the family since new and will soon be driving or racing again.